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"As Trump showed, even negative buzz is good, especially for front runners, because it can suck attention away from challengers (remember during GOP debate when he talked about his ‘hands’)."
Drew Margolin
Assistant Professor
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The shadow of SARS is haunting China as it wrestles to bring under control yet another infectious disease outbreak within its borders. It is reasonable to assume that the Chinese government learned from its earlier, initially ineffective, handling of SARS and is acting in a more transparent and proactive manner in Wuhan today.
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
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The decline in union density is not surprising. Despite the talk of a boom economy, the climate for organizing has become much more hostile in the last year under the openly anti-union Trump NLRB.
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
Related Tip Sheet:
White private sector takes brunt of union membership decline (01/22/20)
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"For many of us in the astronomy community, saying goodbye to Spitzer is saying goodbye to a dear friend that journeyed with us through the cosmos. Spitzer has spawned an entire generation of scientists, now eagerly waiting the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope to continue exploring the infrared universe."
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
From infrared views to exoplanets: Spitzer leaves lasting legacy (01/22/20)
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"Explosive volcanic eruptions are devastating for human life, damaging air quality, covering entire regions with ash that destroys crops, livestock, and cause significant disruptions in global air traffic."
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
Taal volcano threatens life, climate, agriculture (01/22/20)
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"Since the USMCA brings only tweaks to the North American trade framework, rather than the wholesale transformation promised by President Trump, the economic benefits to the U.S. will be limited and concentrated in a handful of industries."
Media:
Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
Related Tip Sheet:
USMCA changes little, but offers good optics for Trump campaign (01/16/20)
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In general people want change but actually trust Putin more than any other political figure to be the source of that change.
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Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
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“Booker's exit won’t depress turnout, as black Democrats tend to be very practical strategists; as is so often said in the media, they are intent on getting rid of Trump.”
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Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
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"Greenhouse gas emissions, including methane as well as carbon dioxide, need to be cut in half globally within the next 15 years, and should be largely eliminated by 2050. It makes no sense to build new gas pipelines and infrastructure, given this context.”
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
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The deliberate destruction of such sites would constitute not only a war crime and an abrogation of obligations under existing treaties, but yet another of the President’s assaults on science.
Media:
Gillian Smith
gillian.smith@cornell.edu
607-254-6235
Related Tip Sheet:
Trump’s threat to Iranian cultural sites ‘especially cruel’ (01/06/20)
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"The killing of Soleimani raises the stakes for the Iranians and makes their task more difficult, deprived as they are of their charismatic military mastermind. It also thereby makes Americans safer."
Media:
Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
Related Tip Sheet:
Irreplaceable to Iran, Soleimani's death 'makes Americans safer' (01/06/20)
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